1966_and_all_that
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20th Century Fascism was built around the cult of the individual: Mussolini, Hitler, Franco. Yesterday I watched Boris Johnson deliver a resignation speech in which he blamed his demise on the backbenchers of the Conservative Party. He went on to say that he had been determined to stay in power for the 14 million people who had voted for him in the 2019 GE. So, it was him and nobody but him. His personality had won over the voters and nothing else. Leave aside the electorate's concerns about Corbyn. Leave aside the fact that the Tories attracted all of the Brexit vote. No, it was Boris and Boris alone.
And that, dear posters is how fascism starts. The cult of the individual. The needy politicians who crowd round him for high office in the knowledge that he is their only hope: Raab, Rees-Mogg, Dorries, Patel. Their resultant policies of trying to wreck the BBC and Channel 4 because they weren't 'on message.' Sending asylum seekers to Rwanda - the useless Priti Patel. Where's Heinrich Himmler when you need him.
Reducing the right to protest - surely Dr. Goebbels would be a better bet to see that through, surely?
You think I'm being OTT? Maybe. But this is how fascism starts. I saw people in Wyre on the telly saying they weren't interested in the Conservative Party, that it was Boris they were voting for. Mein Volk mein Reich, Mein Boris?
And that, dear posters is how fascism starts. The cult of the individual. The needy politicians who crowd round him for high office in the knowledge that he is their only hope: Raab, Rees-Mogg, Dorries, Patel. Their resultant policies of trying to wreck the BBC and Channel 4 because they weren't 'on message.' Sending asylum seekers to Rwanda - the useless Priti Patel. Where's Heinrich Himmler when you need him.
Reducing the right to protest - surely Dr. Goebbels would be a better bet to see that through, surely?
You think I'm being OTT? Maybe. But this is how fascism starts. I saw people in Wyre on the telly saying they weren't interested in the Conservative Party, that it was Boris they were voting for. Mein Volk mein Reich, Mein Boris?